Peters



(No Model.)

B. ROAT.

APPARATUS FOR 000mm SIRUPS' AND OTHER LIQUIDS. No. 254,159. Patented Feb. 28,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN BOAT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HARRY HAMLIN, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR COOLING SIRUPS AND OTHER LIQUIDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,159, dated February 28, 1882. Application filed December 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN RoAr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Cooling Sirups and other Liquids; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the cooling of corn, cane, or other sir-ups which have been heated to a high temperature during the process of manufacture. The ordinary methods of cooling are slow, occasionin g a loss of valuable time in preparing the-sirup for the market.

By my invention I am enabled to take sirup at a high temperature and in acomparatively short space of time so reduce its temperature that it can be barreled with safety.

It consists substantially of a box or receiver divided into two compartments. The upper compartment is for the reception of the heated sirup. The lower compa rtment con tains a system of pipes into which cold water is introduced at the bottom, and passing through the pipes is conducted away at the top. The partition which divides the box into its two compartments is provided with slots or perforations through which the heated sirup percolatesupon the pipes below. The lower compartment is provided with outlets through which the cooled sirup is discharged into barrels, &c.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device, with a portion broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, and Fig 3 is a transverse section taken on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, a a are the sides, a a the ends, and a a the two sloping sections of the bottom of the. box cooler. The sides a are securely held in position upon the the trough or receptacle 0, of material similar to the lining of the box, for the reception of the heated sirup. This trough rests upon bolts 0, which pass through the sides a of the box cooler, acting as braces for the box as well as supports forthe trough. The bottom of this trough is provided with slots or perforations 0 through which the sirup may pass into the compartment below. This 10 wet-compartment is filled with a system of pipes, cl, arranged as clearly shown in the figures of the'drawings, through which cold water is passed from the bottom to the top.

By means of the horizontal connections d and vertical connections 61 the pipes of each horizontal layer are joined, so as to form a continuous passage for the cold water, and each horizontal layer of pipes is connected with the layer above from bottom to top, so that the cold water entering from below at the point d passes in a serpentine path through the lowest layer of pipe, and from there to the nextlayer above, and so on until it is discharged at the top through the outlet-pipe (1*. The bottom of the cooler has the sloping sections a ad, which meetat the point a where the discharge-pipes c e are located, through which the cooled sirup passes.

The heated sirup is discharged into the receptacle c from the pipe j, which has a regulating-valve located near its end, operated by a lever, f, and float f by means of which the supply of sirup is regulated and controlled aufully hereinbefore explained, and as the sirnp drops down from pipe to pipe its heat is gradually extracted and carried off by reason of the contact with the cool surfaces ofthepipes. By 5 having the cold water enter from below I am enabled to pass the sirup over thecoolcst surface just as it is leaving the box cooler, thereby materially assisting in the rapid cooling of the sirup down to a temperature which will admit [O of immediate barreling.

My improved device is adapted for the cooling of liquids of any description, and by the substitution of hot water or steam for cold water could be utilized equally well in heating 15 sirups or any otherliquids.

I claim- 1. The box cooler consisting of the perforat- EDWIN BOAT.

Witnesses OTTO HODDICK, W. T. MILLER. 

